coturnixxx8
In the Brooder
- May 23, 2018
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Hello, when I purchased my 5 coturnix quails, I was given a bag of turkey feed in pellet form. The pellets are pretty big, some almost 1cm x 0.5cm. I was told that the quails have been eating it for a long time and are doing fine with it. I notice that the quails like to peck the pellets out of the feed jar and onto the ground and then try to break it into small pieces. Problem is, they are on wired floor right now so the pellets just fall through the wire before they can eat it. Right now I am using a rock to try to smash the pellets into smaller pieces before feeding them, but it is very ineffective. Should I add pebbles to their diet to help them digest better? Or should I get a juice blender to break the pellets into a crumble? They seem pretty healthy for now but I don't want them to develop any digestion problems later. There are no feed stores around me that sells crumble with the right amount of nutrients for quails, so I will have to make do with this bag of pellets.
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